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Check out Dr. Klotman's this week's video to get an update on #COVID deaths, trust in #vaccines, esophagus #transplants and why #cats always land on their feet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fX_...

Meanwhile, lots of great things
happened. During the winter we ran 3 major experiments focusing on understanding the role of #microbiota on #thermal #physiology in birds. Stijn Kouwenberg studied consequences of locally adapted microbiota on cold tolerance via reciprocal microbiome #transplants (1)

German team froze mouse brain tissue at -150°C. After thawing, neurons still showed learning activity (LTP).
Not just structure—function preserved.
Real win? Organ transplants, tissue banks. Forget sci-fi. Nature already knew how.
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#Neuroscience #Cryonics #Science #Transplants

A groundbreaking pilot scheme by NHS doctors could see hundreds more organs become available for transplant each year, potentially saving countless lives across England www.independent.co.uk/news/health/... #UKsurgeons #transplants @the-independent.com

An effort to remedy harm from a race-based kidney test helps Black patients seeking transplants Researchers reported Monday that thousands of Black transplant candidates have been given credit on the transplant waiting list.

An unprecedented effort to reverse the effects of a racially biased #medical test that blocked or delayed Black people from getting kidney #transplants seems to be working.

Stay or stray? Why some gut microbes persist after fecal transplants Scientists have identified why some gut microbes successfully stay in the gut after fecal transplants, while others are much more transient. The King's College London discovery could help make the…

Why some #gut #microbes persist after #fecal #transplants ...

| #Bacteria | #microbiota | #MicroSky | #poop | By @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social via @sciencex.bsky.social

Moving on to some punk rock hip hop. This shit is dope.

#nowspinning #transplants #inawarzone #vinyl #vinylcollection

What statistics are observed in kidney transplantation? #statistics #kidneyhealth #transplants ... Continue to: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eyo...

Custom machine kept man alive without lungs for 48 hours https://arstechni.ca #bioengineering #engineering #transplants #breathing #infection #machinery #Health #lungs

Study reveals strong regional disparity in organ #transplants in Northeast Brazil. Although the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) supports the largest public transplant program in the world, there are still challenges to be faced.
🔗https://doi.org/10.53855/bjt.v29i1.746_ENG
@scielo.org

Increased Scrutiny Leads to an Improved Organ Transplant System. A crackdown on problems with fairness and safety is achieving results, including a big drop in the number of sick patients being passed over for #transplants.

A man has received the first ever a kidney transplant replacing his previous pig kidney transplant. When asked how he felt being a part of medical history twice he said "oink oink"
#news #jokes #comedy #hungovernews #medicine #pigs #transplants

Covid leaves cystic fibrosis mum needing double lung transplant Ashley Grigor fears the worse after her body failed to respond to medication for breathing issues.

Former international rugby player dies aged 45 as wife leads tributes "Rob was my absolute whole world, we loved each other so intensely."

'My daughter was diagnosed with leukaemia - umbilical cord blood saved her life' Ellaria, now aged eight, received a diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia on Christmas Eve in 2019

Dad married heart donor's widow then died in exactly the same way 13 years later Terry Cottle died by suicide in 1995 aged 33 and his heart was donated to Sonny Graham. Graham later married Cottle's widow Cheryl in 2004 but tragically took his own life in 2008

We argued about it.

#Transplants at any age comes with risks, but our doctor and anesthesiologist assured us they had done this many times and there was nothing to worry about at 3:00 AM when they started the surgery.

“Without coffee? At 3:00 AM? I drank for the both of us.”

Scots mum meets dad-of three from Denmark after saving his life in selfless act Clare Montgomery, 44, met with dad-of-three Rune Dinsen, 57, in Glasgow after a successful stem cell donation.

How One Father Created an Organ Empire The National Kidney Registry has matched thousands of kidney donors with recipients. It has also paid millions of dollars to a company owned by its founder.

Scots pensioner receives gift of sight for Christmas after life-changing cornea transplant David Watkins, 72, from Edinburgh had to sit in the dark and wear sunglasses all the time before he underwent surgery which has proved "miraculous" in just a few weeks.

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#SGU #TheSkepticsGuideToTheUniverse
The Skeptics Guide #1067 - Dec 20 2025

News Items: #Animals Adapting to Humans, Pig Organ #Transplants, Japan Plans to Beam #Energy from #Space, Ant #Yogurt, First Evidence of #Fire Making; Your Questions and E-mails: #Mercury in Fish, Compounding #Pharmacies […]

Crieff man gives out special life-saving gift after matching with stem cells Andy Robertson was given a call out of the blue last year presenting him with the literal life-saving opportunity of a stem cell transplant with an in-demand stranger.

ISIS ‘Ideology’ Is Linked to Australia Killings, and Trump Files New $10 Billion Lawsuit Plus, how foreign patients are paying for U.S. organs.

First Human Cornea Transplant Using 3D Printed, Lab-Grown Tissue Restores Sight in a ‘Game Changer’ for Millions Who are Blind The first successful human implant of a 3D-printed cornea made from human eye cells cultured in a laboratory has restored a patient’s sight. The North Carolina-based company that developed the cornea described the procedure as a ‘world first’—and a major milestone toward its goal of alleviating the lack of available donor tissue and long wait-times […] The post First Human Cornea Transplant Using 3D Printed, Lab-Grown Tissue Restores Sight in a ‘Game Changer’ for Millions Who are Blind appeared first on Good News Network.

Transplants are great.

#NowSpinning #Transplants #InAWarzone

Gov. #GavinNewsom said in a statement: Address the #NationalHomelessnessCrisis. Again, most of the "unhoused" population in California are not California natives but #transplants. Coming to #California for the hospital weather and #MentalHealthCare that other states can not offer, #OnlyCalifornia.

Desperate family's 'world has crumbled' in bid to raise £500k to save daughter's life Sophia Wilson from Sauchen, Aberdeenshire, is battling aggressive Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) and urgently needs a specialised treatment in the US.

Schoolgirl celebrates 9th transplant anniversary after life-saving Record campaign to find donor Ava Todd, 12, was diagnosed with inherited bone marrow failure at just three-years-old.